Spanish Steps

It looked too much of a challenge to clear the people off the Spanish Steps here in Rome, so I tried to make the most of their presence! As a purist, I don't like the extension 'selfie' arms that you can buy on every tourist street corner. A big element of a selfie is people squeezing into the frame (quite an icebreaker in itself sometimes), and the physical act of pressing the trigger with all the laugh-producing contortions involved; a combination of photography and Twister! This rent-an-arm thing just doesn't do it for me!

Coached before dawn at IESE, before a quick change of clothes at home and a flight to Rome. I have a nine hour wait for the onward flight to Cairo (any bets on it being longer!), so with Dd's agreement I came into the centre for lunch...neither of us have been here before so I didn't want to possibly take away from the excitement a future joint discovery. We both thought it was a no brainer, though - it wasn't as if I was going to run round all the sights before tea time, just these steps and the Trevi Fountains which are dry at the moment and under scaffolding!